[Closed] TMS - 2nd Test - Spoilers within...

they'll bowl too short and wide and get cut and pulled all over the place.

aye India have the upperhand but England have to bowl so until then we cant tell about the pitch yet.

Haven't looked at the weather forecast but I'm hoping the conditions stay the same this evening and tomorrow to give England an even chance.

Need to take a few wickets in the evening session if India bat.

Just checked the score - Oops. No way will India go as cheaply as that - they have had their one batting failure this tour and that was with injured / ill batsmen.

I want to see a competative series and I don't think India will relinquish the No1 spot easily

And England don't have the bowlers anyway. Broad swan Anderson, Bresnan is not enough. One more bowler needed.

Mutter mumble back in my day, my old mum could have caught it in her pinny, my granny could have hit that with a stick of Rhubarb mutter mumble

Poor application from England and a markedly improved performance from India. Great to see the 2 [u]best[/u] sides in international cricket going head to head.

Excellent performance from England at Lords earlier in the week. Let's see what they can do with the ball before passing judgement. Shame about Tremlett but then India are also a strike bowler down.

I wonder what would happen if we played Australia right now...... 😯 ......... 8) ............. 😆

Ah the English, how they love to live in the past... 🙄

31 added in 3 overs since tea 🙂

Ah the English, how they love to live in the past...

We are 1-0 up against the best test team in the world with the opportunity to overtake them as world no. 1, ashes winners 3 out of the last 4 series and twenty/20 world champions. 😀

Aussie baiting is a sideshow. How are the baggy greens these days? Is Mitchell still bowling underarm?
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I'm waiting to see what happens when Jimmy Anderson bowls in these conditions.

Good to hear Swann hit the first kicking horse of the series.

I'm waiting to see what happens when Jimmy Anderson bowls in these conditions.

Least it'll mean it will be 1-1 for the 3rd test which I am going to 🙂

Great innings from swann & broad. Should have 25 ish overs at them tonight.

WD swanny and broad to steady the ship- should be set up nicely for my attendance tomorrow.

still interested, Psychle? 😉

It was i who just told ashtray to tell Aggers it were Zinc 8)

Good to hear Swann hit the first kicking horse of the series.

Broad looking very good, Andersen a bit ropey, hopefully he can keep off the strike for Broad to rack up a few more.

Broad swan Anderson, Bresnan is not enough. One more bowler needed.

WD swanny and broad to steady the ship

Nope... though Broad has done a very good job it has to be said 🙂

Good to hear Swann hit the first kicking horse of the series.

what does this mean? +1

Trott put in a reasonable infilling job at Lords.....
Pietersen also can turn his arm over a bit

pffttp. Neither is anywhere near a test bowler. India bat so well we must have five real bowlers IMO.

Good innings from Broad. I said before this series he needed to perform and so far he has. Lets see another five for

yes

GAME ON 0-1 after 1 ball
Get in

"He hit it like a kicking horse" is one of Henry Blofeld's commonly used phrases on TMS, used to describe a 4 or 6 hit off the square with a thump. I didn't hear him use it in the Lords test.

\o/ first ball wicket of their innings to Anderson.

get in, first ball.

Oof... not often you see that, first ball of an innings duck...

Boom!

Let's see what's what now

Wow just got back from work to see India 0-1!

Apologies for my absence. Am currently on the ale at HK airport en route home,

Also, have only just seen the scores from yesterday. Oh dear.....

Don't panic captain. We've still right in ths one. Massive first session though.

psychle - Member

Ah the English, how they love to live in the past...

I'm presently living in Oz - I guess that's about as far into the past as I'd like to go!

Oh, and I'm still not allowed to mention the cricket at work. Ozzies - don't like it up 'em!

Laxman and Dravid are looking good...

psychle - Member

Laxman and Dravid are [s]looking[/s] good..

Oh yes, they are quality batsman, and plenty more to come in the lineup as well... conditions look to be much more batsman friendly today, and even better tomorrow...

Psychle - I suppose it was only a matter of time before you, like most Ozzies, finally went and found yourselves a quality team to support 😆

sigh... 😥

Indias morning

Damage limitation now. Every run needs to cost India time. If we can get through to the close having given away a modest lead and eaten into the tail then I reckon we'll be satisfied. I can see England scoring well second innings to I'm going to call [b]draw[/b] now.

Swinging back to England now... Going to be an interesting game I think, delicately poised!

owzat 😆 that for the hatrick

We are ****in rocking now!!!

Go Broad!! 😀 😀 😀

Man of the match already, surely? good on him! 😀

Much maligned in the UK press, written off by many, goes to show that class always comes through...

To state the bleeding obvious, this is a hell of a collapse from India... 4 wickets for 0 runs, unbelievable...

Blimey 🙂

Thought Blowers was going to explode on tms!

Cracking test and series so far

Holy ****!

Could be an awkward evening mini-session for the England openers, especially as Trott is out of the game....

Broad took 5/0 in 16 balls 😯

Cook gone 🙄

as has his form

He seems to be going through a rough patch doesn't he? 12 & 1 last Test, 2 and 6 this Test... hmmm, interesting how form comes and goes isn't it? 😕

certainly is a "funny old game"

couldn't be all over tonight could it ?????

certainly is a "funny old game"

and that's why Test Cricket [i]must[/i] always be the preeminent form of the game...

More tests like this will make sure it does 🙂

What a day. Test cricket is just brilliant.

and that's why Test Cricket must always be the preeminent form of the game...

What a day. Test cricket is just brilliant.

Indeed. Proper cricket. So good to watch two excellent teams go at it.

Fantastic day's play, amazing effort from Broad again - without him this match would have been over long ago. Great innings from Dravid too.

Good morning everyone 🙂

What will today's play bring. Will England score 300? Will in India have a case of less than 150? Will pieterson ever catch a cricket ball again? Questions questions

I'd like a quiet first half hour please, rather hungover and waiting for my bacon buttie to arrive and the ibuprofen to kick in.

Very finely poised at the moment isn't it. Just one good innings or bowling performance could send it either way again.

Yup

This is what we want to see - a great contest.

Seems to be going well atm...

What you say that for zokes!

Seems to be going well atm...

WICKETPietersen c Dhoni b Sreesanth 63 (Eng 219-3)
Waste, what a waste...

how about keeping that to yourself next time eh? 🙂

Bugger.

Well, if it's any help, I'm off to bed now (live in Oz), so that mean's I can't curse anything else.....

England 1.63 to 1 on Betfair now
India 4.7 to 1
Draw 5.8 to one

Piece of piss 🙂

Ooh an unsporting incident that will tarnish the rest of the series.
That is just not cricket

Worst bit of poor sportsmanship I've ever seen, as close to cheating as you can get...........

Oooo... what a **** up from Bell... agreed possibly not 'in the spirit of the game' from India, but very careless from Bell...

Bell claims ump had called 'over'

A bit of spice added to the series 🙂 Claimed that the umpires visited the Indian dressing room asking if they wanted to withdraw their review, and Dhoni said no 😆 Shame as it was a cracking innings for Bell

Just got in and heard TMS on the subject, but not as it actually happened.

Bell's back in!
WOOOOO!

Good form, India, good form! Well done them.

Well played India, appeal withdrawn, sportsmanship of the highest order by Dhoni 😀

Agreed, cricket wins 🙂

Any bets on out next ball???

Dhoni should get 'man of the match' award IMO

hilldodger - Member
Dhoni should get 'man of the match' award IMO

Indeed. Very good sportsmanship.

Big pat on the back for Dhoni there, nice to see the spirit of the game coming through. Sounded a right old mix up though! Like to think Strauss would've done the same as well. Intriguing test so far!

Dhoni should get 'man of the match' award IMO

Borrocks should he. Took a visit to the Indian dressing room by Strauss/Flower to get the Indians to reconsider.

and possibly a lot of boos.
The right decision but could have been avoided
Lets forget it and move on

Wheels coming off the innings a little with the new ball having been taken. Decent lead, though.

I reckon a quick bash from Trott, may at 7, maybe let Broad open his shoulders for a few and then put them in tonight with a few overs before the close

Wheels coming off the innings a little with the new ball having been taken. Decent lead, though.
I reckon a quick bash from Trott, may at 7, maybe let Broad open his shoulders for a few and then put them in tonight with a few overs before the close

Disagree. Bat on and on and on. Still got over 2 days. Would like to see the lower order all chipping in and setting India a target of 400 plus around 2.30pm tomorrow.

Disagree. Bat on and on and on. Still got over 2 days. Would like to see the lower order all chipping in and setting India a target of 400 plus around 2.30pm tomorrow.

+1. With England one up in the series, the priority is not to lose this one.

😳 Thought that it was the fourth day for some reason.... 😳